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"I decided to take back control, I didn't want to be on blood pressure tablets for the rest of my life and it upset me that my weight was stopping me from being a blood donor, which I had done since the age of 18.

"When I joined Slimming World, everyone was really supportive and friendly and now, just over two years later, I am eight-and-a-half stone lighter having taken up line dancing, aqua zumba and walking.

"I even took part in the Race for Life, something I never thought I'd do.

"I've still got a way to go to get to my target, I'd love to get down to a size 14, and I will, thanks to the ongoing support from the Rhyl group."

Elizabeth Roberts

Elizabeth Roberts from Rhyl has lost six stone

Elizabeth Roberts from Prestatyn started her Slimming World journey two years ago and has lost six stone dropping from a size 22 to a size 12.

The 29-year-old, who has Downs syndrome, decided to take action because she "didn't like the the way she looked."

Her auntie, Yvonne Williams takes her to the Prestatyn group and says she's "loving" her new found confidence.

Yvonne said: "Elizabeth has done really well on Slimming World. She's loving being a size 12 and loving all the attention.

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"She did have a few bad habits eating sauce butties, crisps and biscuits late at night, but she's put all the right changes into place and will say no to naughty treats now, which she struggled to do before.

"Her confidence has grown immensely, it's made a massive difference to her and her social life, she does dance classes now too which she couldn't do before.

"It's great that there's so much support and love for her in the group.

"She is such an inspiration to others, especially the rest of the family, some of them have since joined because of her and I'm so proud."

Jan Cotton

Jan Cotton has lost eight stone

Grandmother-of-three, Jan Cotton had never ridden a bike...until she lost a staggering eight stone.

She can now be seen pedalling along the prom on her tricycle when she's not working two physically demanding jobs.

The 65-year-old from Rhyl joined Slimming World three years ago when she was battling depression and her health was suffering.

Since then, her weight has plummeted from 18.5 stone to 10.5 stone, having now reached and maintained her target weight.

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Laura said: "I always wanted to lose weight before I hit 30 so when I set out to lose two-and-a-half stone for my uncle's wedding, I was surprised at how much I'd exceeded that and just kept on going. Now I've lost 7st 7.5lbs in 11 months.

"I adapted really well to the changes and I never deprive myself of anything I fancy, I just find recipes that are the healthier version of the take-aways I love.

"I'm getting married myself next year so I feel great to have lost all the weight and now I can keep up with my boys a lot more.

"Slimming World has completely changed my life and I'm so glad I joined."

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